In an interview with WSJ's Jerry Seib, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R., Wash.) says the president's domestic and foreign agenda is doomed to fail because he didn't address "out of control" spending.

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the ... president Obama gives his view stated Union Republicans have some ideas of their own ... welcome the site was sold on WS J dot com on Jerry Sithe ... the big news of the week in Washington was President Obama stated the Union address which set the table for his second term ... the Republicans had some ideas and some disagreements ... with all of that ... and to talk about that I went earlier this week to Capitol Hill and sat down with Congresswoman ... Cathy McMoRan's Rodgers of Washington state ... she's a chair of the Republican Conference and the highest ranking Republican woman ... in Congress ... I answer at the outset with a she's on the president's address ... any areas for bipartisan cooperation ... that's what I was holding on to ... the beginning of a second term for the president of the beginning of the new Congress ... and I've ... missed an opportunity to really provide that leadership to bring us together ... especially when you hear some ... leadership plan to address the debt ... situation in this country faces an impact it's having on the economy ... job creation and uncles ... import growth ... strategy and we need moving forward ... if there were one area where I IDC there's ... I'm hopeful that we move forward is on immigration reform ... coming out of the election is a really ... focused on integration ... of recognizing that we need to fix what isn't broken immigration system in America ... and that that also is important to economic growth ... Americans want in the country of immigrants people to come here to pursue their dreams ... this is the land of opportunity we would continue to attract ... those those folks that want to come here you are to ... be ... taken advantage of me ... I ... know you mention jobs as ... the one you're the president talked about jobs the player can he's said or jobs forty three times in this be ... what was it about what he said of the jobs that you didn't like or any ... other president failed ... to recognize ... the role that that that these record deficits are having on our economy ... and to recognize that we're not going to have economic growth ... in Chile deal with it the fiscal situation here in Washington D C said out of control spending and under this president we've seen trillion dollar deficits that means that I didn't trillion dollars every year ... to the debt is at a record level and in Europe and in our economy it is ... is a burden ... because people cannot be those ... those decisions both individuals families businesses there's a lot of uncertainty over ... what what the future holds because every dollar ... that the federal government borrows it does have to be paid ... and so that is that that the burden on middle-class families ... moving forward and so ... until the president and the Democrats recognize ... that ... there's a problem with ... that controls spending our economy's going to continue to struggle ... now the president said in the speech did everything he was proposing programs to increase manufacturing or to address climate change or to improve education none of those without a dime to the deficit because they would be paid for her huge is not find that ... we've heard that before ... we heard that ... back in two thousand and nine his very first inaugural inaugural address ... we made a commitment ... that ... he would cut the deficit in half ... and and did the APUs it has happened we said ... record deficits trillion dollar plus deficits every year ... so unfortunately the rhetoric ... doesn't match the result ... is that what the consequences of this ... impasse is that we're facing something we'll call the sequester which is across the board automatic spending cuts to kick in on March first unless there's an agreement this to to to to do something else to create the same amount of deficit reduction ... based on what you're saying I don't sense what common ground on an agreement that would prevent the sequester is the sequester now inevitable ... it's not abnormal a there is a DataWind and come on on on March first ... this is the president sequester this was the president's idea ... and again last night I was disappointed ... that I didn't hear a plan from the president as to how to address the sequester I was hoping that we would hear ... on him provide some leadership at the relates to ... the spending cuts he's ... he's really drastic ... spending cuts that are going to disproportionately impact our military our military readiness and national security moving forward ... the Republicans have ... passed proposal twice now boasts one that was six weeks ago when I was six months ago ... recognizing that this date was coming in an attempt to avoid eighty ... this situation where they would be more uncertainty of union that leadership from the president last night now we we still have two weeks ... aam but we need it the president we made the Democrats to recognize that we have a spending problem ... the ... president said essentially the way to avoid the sequester is to come up with a deficit reduction package that includes revenues is the still the sticking point that we can get her after they won revenues you you want spending cuts ... that the sequester abides in right now is really ... I think the sticking point ... is the fact that we do not hear the Democrats recognizing that we have a spending problem ... just on Sunday Nancy policy was an all if the ... deficit problem ... it's a curse on a spending problem ... it is the deficit problem well the when you get deficit by spending too much ... and then we heard saying we are them and minority whip ... it was that was not a ... spending problem except I P R problem they ... they they do not they're not recognizing the problem in the first step in solving the problem of out of control spending which ... most Americans recognize that the federal government spending under control ... is to acknowledge that you have a problem ... so if that's the situation is that we do every citizen Questar looks unlikely at this point ... only EA I would say never are up and it is hard to say what will happen in the next two weeks ... Congress ... often legislate based on prices ... not that there is an ideal way ... to run the country and so I'm still hopeful ... aam we we do Republicans want to come together ... we believe we need to ... we need to get to bounce ideas we need to address the spending because that is how we're going to grow our economy ... demand that the risk of a couple other ideas that are on the table as result of the speech this week one is raising the minimum wage the presence of nine dollars an hour um probably seven dollars and twenty five cents ... any interest in your party in doing that ... right that was the isthe is issue that was the president introduced to ... Ms stated the Union ... ends ... at a time when we have high unemployment ... and we have a record number of Americans that are looking for work ... think the president fails to recognize that I'm ... crazy making it more expensive for employers ... to hire ... employees ... that would actually work against our efforts to create jobs ... we want we want jobs on every rung of the ladder ... and we wanted to beat regionals opportunities so that everyone can ... can improve ... their job prospects and that is not worried and is where you're going to start with ... sometimes those entry level job ... indexing the minimum wage to inflation so that it keeps up with inflation and ID and the Romney talked about on the Republican side in the campaign is that a non starter also ... Amalfi I did Republicans ... are we what we want more than anything these ... jobs we wanna get this economy growing again ... that's going to have a positive impact across the board ... until policies that are going to help create jobs ... the at the top of our lives and we have concerns ... that ... of issues related to the increasing the minimum wage actually ... make it harder to create jobs ... no one area ... that is now on the table as well but I think there might be a little more agreement on your side with the president is free trade he didn't even mention ... TPG which is a trade agreement with East Asian countries and ... the idea of a free trade agreement with Europe are those ideas that he thinks have some traction this year in this Washington ... up possibly on very ... as much as as much as we can create ... opportunities for companies here are located here in America ... to create good if I ... had a good chance it down without auctions this week ... and hear them talk about that the new products that are still developing it's really exciting to hear ... and we were going to continue to manufacture here in America and sell their products all around the world ... when it comes to trade ... that's the goal to feel the need not more markets ... for American companies American manufacturers ... create those jobs here ... until around the world I also come from an added extra but you know where we grow ... the group weekend potatoes and apples ... we export ninety percent of the week has grown in Washington state so again ... we want we want those jobs here we want ... we want to say food that is the result of ... that ... the ... process have grown in states like Washington ... and is there one that manufacturing front ... is there something the government could do should do and I know you're not in favor of the kinds of industrial policies Democrats sometimes talk about that is there a role for government to increase the role of manufacturing the economy the one that you can see we certainly want to we want to attract more manufacturing in America ... making it a competitive environment so that companies manufacturing companies as well is ... everyone finds America the best place in the world to start the company grow a company in Seoul comes to ... issues like tax reform I'm still hopeful that we may have an opportunity to simplify our tax code may get there ... he's very complicated ... so the tax reform would be a part of that which makes the difference for individuals as well as ... as businesses ... on the regulatory climate he continues to be very difficult in America because of the regulatory climate we've seen a record number of regulations coming out as a administration we need wheels smart regulations ... and and and making it all ... all all towards creating that climate ... where people ... know that America is the best place to do business and we have which is slipping in an index of ... economic freedom and competitiveness that America has an ... attraction I wanted to be had in Taiwan is to be at the top ... casually ask you this final question do you refer to earlier conversation to that the governing in a crisis of atmosphere that's been the norm the last couple years rendering one of the things that people worry about your story about now is whether there's a possibility of another debt ceiling crisis or the shutdown of the government the later this spring because of an inability to agree one budget questions ... should they be worried about the debt ceiling crisis or shutdown of the doubt ... what ... I'm there and that people should be worried about is the debt crisis the fiscal crisis that this country is facing ... and it is so important ... that Congress ... and the president the working together ... team to address ... this out of control spending ... addressed the record that ... that is ... that is ... that is a ... damper on our economy ... threatens our national security our wall and ... a couple of years ago when he was asked ... when used ... the easiest us down any that's what is the number one security threat ... that faces America ... in your mind goals in all different directions to any size if the exact ... so ... I am ... very concerned as a country that we cannot continue down this past when it comes to ... when it comes the budget when it comes to ... raising the debt ceiling wheeled me do the wheat to be enacting reforms in making the tough decisions and priorities within the federal government for spending ... so that we get on a path ... to actually start bouncing back and he now that getting get our economy growing ... Rogers It may be a year of decision on some of those things appreciate you taking some time to talk about hope we can do it